The new coin features the HMS Resolution, the ship that was captained by James Cook. The year 2020 marks the bicentenary of the reign of George III, Britain’s longest-reigning king. During his ...

Captain James Cook's pioneering journeys across the Pacific in the eighteenth century changed ... Department of Natural History relocated to the newly opened South Kensington Museum in 1881 In 1772, ...

English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in ...

Johann Heinrich Zimmermann (1741-1805) was one of three German sailors aboard Captain James Cook’s ships HMS Resolution and ...

New owners intend to run the ship as a restaurant and wedding venue in Yorkshire by March next year The new owners of an exact replica of HMS Endeavour plan to retrace Captain James Cook’s ...

In 1778 the explorer Captain James Cook was in the Pacific, on board 'HMS Resolution', looking for the North West Passage, hoping to find a sea-route over the north of Canada that would connect ...

A medal marking Captain James Cook's second voyage of discovery ... The medal has the two ships commissioned for the voyage - HMS Resolution and HMS Adventure - and the inscription reads 'Sailed ...

Johann Heinrich Zimmermann (1741-1805) was one of three German sailors aboard Captain James Cook’s ships “HMS Resolution” and “HMS Discovery,” when Cook made his discovery of Hawaii on Jan.

British explorer Captain James Cook and the crew of the HMS Endeavour came to shore at Gisborne on 8 October 1769, ushering in colonial rule. Events are taking place around the country to mark the ...